WRT the concern about generative AI replacing animators entirely, I don't think that will ever happen. AI-based generators and tools will be tools first and foremost. Animators won't have to spend as much time on learning the framework's specifics but can spend more time on doing the thing they want to do: animating. And the iterative process working in more natural language will speed up the process all around and encourage more innovation. AI-based software generators (e.g. open ai's codex) will help software engineers and the like focus more on the engineering aspect rather than on software bugs and other such things.
Love the distinction between movement and animation. Just finished a chapter on movement (deceptively titled “animation”) and 100% agree.
WRT the concern about generative AI replacing animators entirely, I don't think that will ever happen. AI-based generators and tools will be tools first and foremost. Animators won't have to spend as much time on learning the framework's specifics but can spend more time on doing the thing they want to do: animating. And the iterative process working in more natural language will speed up the process all around and encourage more innovation. AI-based software generators (e.g. open ai's codex) will help software engineers and the like focus more on the engineering aspect rather than on software bugs and other such things.